“We are expecting additional resources to come in from other provinces including additional water bombers and personnel to help spell off our firefighters, to make sure they get some rest time.”

The province remains under a state of emergency which was declared Friday night.

“The fire situation continues to be very difficult with fires that are very challenging to attack because of the intensity and nature of the activity.”

Rustad says the main goal is to protect life, followed by protecting key infrastructure like roads, hydro and people’s homes.

The minister was not aware of how many homes or other structures have been destroyed.

The latest fire size estimates are 4,000 hectares for Ashcroft, 200 hec. for one 10 km north east of Princeton, 500 hec. for Dragon Mountain 25 km’s south east of Quesnel, 1,500 hec. for the Gustafsen near 100 Mile House, and 1,000 hec. for the one north of the Williams Lake airport.